We are pleased to announce that the seminar "Fetal Tissue Research: Science and Ethics at the Frontiers in the United States and Europe" will be held online on March 2 and 4, 2022.

World-renowned researchers who are leading the science and ethics of fetal tissue research will speak about the latest scientific findings, international trends and regulations, and practices for obtaining consent.

If you are interested in this workshop, please join us.

Program

Date & Time:

March 2 (Wed) 9:00–11:00 [JST]
March 4 (Fri) 16:00–18:00 [JST]

Venue:

Zoom Online Meeting
[NOTE]
- Highspeed LAN/WiFi environment advised for stability
- Update the software to the latest version

Language:

English (Simultaneous interpretation in Japanese available)

Eligibility

Science, Social science and the Humanities researchers, and clinicians

Schedule

Wednesday, 2 March

9:00	Lawrence S.B. Goldstein (University of California, San Diego)
10:00	R. Alta Charo (University of Wisconsin–Madison)

Friday, 4 March

16:00	Roger A Barker (University of Cambridge, UK)
16:40	Susana Chuva de Sousa Lopes (Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands)
17:20	Steven Lisgo (Newcastle University [HDBR], UK)

Registration

Pre-registered participants only
Registration Form (Google Form)

[IMPORTANT] Participants shall not disclose any confidential information to others since unpublished data may appear in the presentations.

Organizer

Misao Fujita, Yasuhiro Takashima, Mitinori Saitou (Kyoto University)

Contact

Uehiro Research Division for iPS Cell Ethics

uehiro-contact[*]cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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